Without it, you have to use the head switch on the joystick or your mouse to control what you see on the screen. This is huge because you control what you see on the screen by slightly moving your head. The ones I use are no longer available but any brand should do. If you are not a real-life pilot you can use a twist joystick to control the rudder. This is particularly important if you fly (or intend to fly) gliders in real life because you will want to build the right muscle memory. In addition, although not necessary, I highly recommend that you get: The standard version is perfectly fine but if you already know that you will want to fly a lot of different gliders, you can go straight to the Pro version. You can buy and download it directly from the source, or, if you’re in the US and would like to benefit from Paul Remde’s excellent support, you can buy it from Cumulus Soaring. It is long out of production but you can get one on eBay. Other joysticks work but this one is the best. In my opinion, the best one for Condor by far is the Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2. (You do not need a high end gaming machine.) Condor only runs on Windows but you can use it with a Mac under Bootcamp.

A computer with a reasonable graphic card.

Flying a Discus 2a during a multiplayer race at the border between Slovenia and Austria What do you need? This article is for anyone who would like some more basic help to get started. Both assumed some basic level of familiarly with Condor. Hangar Update 23: XCSoar Polars / Poláry pre XCSoar XCSoar 7.I’ve previously written about why Condor is a great practice tool for soaring pilots and recently I followed up with a tutorial for Condor pilots interested in joining multiplayer racing. More information about SCI for Condor2 at SCI_for_Condor2_Readme.txt file after installation. The calculation bases upon FAI Sporting Code Annex A. In case of IGC files it can filter the flightplans and check the validity (with valicon.dll from Uros).

It can load and present datas from CSV & IGC files. The program ShowCondorIGC (SCI) supports scoring. Update SCI 2.62 has some minor fixes and also added all new gliders polars (in Datas folder) up to Hangar Update 11 + SCI 2.62 is able to show penalty zones, groundlevel height and height above ground (AGL). Also added support for two handicap/index lists - default Condor 2 DAeC indexes in PlaneIndices.txt file, own custom IGC index list in IGC_Indices.txt file. | Update SCI 2.62b has added all new Condor2 gliders polars (in Datas folder) up to Hangar Update 18. | Update SCI 2.62c has added all new Condor2 gliders polars (in Datas folder) up to Hangar Update 22 + updated DAeC index list in PlaneIndices.txt file.

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